ALL
INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION
GDS (NFPE)
CHQ: Dada Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel
Road, New Delhi - 110008
President: Bijay
Gopal Sur E-mail : aipeugdsnfpe@gmail.com
General Secretary: P. Pandurangarao Website:
http://www.aipeugdsnfpe.blogspot.com
General
Secretary’s Desk
Dear Comrades,
We are receiving number of phone
calls from various Divisions and Circles about the formation of branches of our
Union and at the first instance I am recording sincere thanks to all.
We are growing and I am very
happy to say that within the short span of 3 months we formed 11 circle Unions
viz., , Karnataka, Assam, Bihar, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. The Circle Conference of Tamil
Nadu is scheduled on 02-12-2012 at Namakkal. The Circle Secretary, P3, Gujrat
informed that he is hosting the GDS conference on 15-12-2012. In Chattisgarh,
all the P3 Divisional Secretaries have assured to form Circle Union within a
fortnight. More than 800 comrades of Raigarh Division in Chattisgarh Circle
have already joined our Union and formed the divisional branch.
The formation of Circle Union in
North East is scheduled on 24-12-2012 at Agarthala. The comrades of Rajasthan
sought the dates of Secretary General, NFPE and P3 General Secretary to form
the Circle Union in the month of December, 2012. The Circle Union of J&K
has already been finalized and formed by the P3 Circle Secretary, Com. Kuldip
Raj Sharma. As only lesser number of GDS employees in Delhi, the Circle Union
can be formed at anytime. Thus the formation of Circle Unions in major circles
is being completed.
In respect of Maharashtra Circle,
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand, the Secretary General, NFPE is
evincing all efforts to form the branches. Even though many individual comrades
and branches desired to form circle branches in those circles, this has not
been encouraged and awaiting for the joint response of P3 & P4 Circle Unions in the initial formation of
Circle Union in order to avoid any conflicts at any level.
The General Secretary, P3
appealed all his Branch / Divisional Secretaries for formation of the Branches
at Divisional level. We also made an appeal to P3 & P4 Divisional
Secretaries for the earliest formation of Branches at all levels. The process
of formation of branches at base levels should be completed before 31-12-2012
as we are expecting the fresh reverification of membership at anytime due to
the vertical split of AIPEDE Union at Amaravathi. The first All India
Conference of our Union will be held at Chennai (Tamil Nadu) during March 2013
with a record number of delegates and visitors not less than 2000 from all 22
circles.
All of you aware, in December,
2008 strike when all of us were under AIPEDE Union, and also NFPE declared
solidarity strike, the strike percentage was about 70 – 80% all along all the
three days. Now during the recent strike organized by Com. S. S. Mahadevaiah,
the overall percentage of participation was in between 20 -25%. Despite the
fact that he is claiming the other unions like FNPO have voluntarily
participated in the strike. It shows that after the split, our Union is
controlling more than 50% of the GDS in our fold (i.e) with NFPE.
During the adventurist strike
period, we never attempted to sabotage the strike by furnishing the real
position prevailing in each and every circle. It is further learnt that in some
circles the P3 divisional secretaries have were fully supported his strike due
to the silent position taken by its Central Head Quarters.
Com. S. S. Mahadevaiah, who is so
notorious in suppressing the facts always and misleading the innocent GDS for
his personal gains has uttered many lies which are far from truths and provoked
the sentiment of GDS during the strike period not for
the settlement of GDS demands but for ensuring his own survival.
On 16th Oct, 2012, he
issued the statement as follows : “ 2.7 lakh GDS are going on indefinite strike
started from 16-10-12 morning all over the country and Com.S.S.Mahadevaiah
reported that 1,29,442 BOs stand closed”. It recollects the Goabels, who was famous
for issue of such false statements during second world war to project Hitler,
Nazi Army. The actual participation on the first day was about 40,000 GDS (out
of 2,86,000) and around 18,000 closure of BOs. The exact figure will be
furnished after the receipt of information from the Department.
On 17th Oct, 2012 he
declared that “only one voice is reaching CHQ of AIPEDEU, that is do not
withdraw strike, we are ready to fight till the settlement” but what happened
? Is there any settlement of demands even
on the 7th day ?
After knowing his inefficiency
and inability to continue the strike, he started maligning as follows : “There
are forces around us working against the interest of GDS, they are not
hesitating to sabotage the strike, they are trying to disrupt the movement".
From the above, you can
understand that he is preparing ground to throw blame on others even though the
NFPE, FNPO and their affiliated unions including our Union never commented
about his strike during those days and never acted against the strike.
Further on 19-10-2012, he
mentioned that "the Dept of Post is cheating again and again and giving false assurances and therefore, this time
they have decided to fight till reasonable settlement". But you could have seen
that he submitted a letter on 22-10-2012 to Director (SR) without having any meeting with any Senior Officers or any
concrete assurances that itself show his double standard in cheating the GDS.
He is continuously making false propaganda and hopes among the GDS cadre just
to keep his cadre intact with his fold.
After making a full claim that he
withdraw the strike on assurances, he withdrew without any settlement and
caused irreparable damage to the cause of GDS comrades. It seems we are not
against any strike as per the policy being adhered by the NFPE over decades; we
were silent during the strike period and not exposed his dramas cleverly
enacted unnecessarily rousing the sentiments of GDS. The strike, he conducted
has nothing as if he is stated that it was for his own survival and not for the
GDS.
Only the united struggles can
wipe out the tears of GDS. After the formation of our Union, we submitted a clear cut proposal for the
departmentalization of GDS and also insisted the NFPE to include this item as
one of the charter of demands in the ensuing 12-12-2012 strike.
Com.S.S.Mahadevaiah’s strike is nothing but to sabotage our program of joint
action consisting of all Central Govt. Employees and all cadres of the Postal
Department.
He described me as “puppet” in
the hands of NFPE comparing Mahabharatha and described the NFPE leaders as
Dhuryodhana and others, which itself proves how he stooped to that level due to
frustration and isolation.
So, Com. S. S. Mahadevaiah has
proved his weakness due to lesser participation the strike and exhibited the real split in AIPEDE Union and the
position of joining of majority of members in our Union. Hence we are having all
justification for reverification of membership as per the Department orders. We
are expecting reverification soon. Therefore, I request all our comrades to be
vigil in organizing branches and divisions at all levels at the earliest.
We suggest the following:-
(i)
Meet all the members and all the BOs and explain
that united struggle under the banner of NFPE will alone settle the genuine
demands of GDS.
(ii)
Enroll their membership and advise them to
withdraw their membership from AIPEDE Union.
(iii) Organize
general body meetings and form volunteers to obtain declarations from all GDS.
Remember, that there are more than 50,000 GDS who were not members in any Union
in the last verification.
(iv)
Send list of office bearers of all divisions,
their telephone numbers and full address for communication to CHQ before
31-12-2012.
(v)
Need not antagonize any one and our fight is not for posts, it is
only for the proper finding of GDS leadership at all levels and work
fraternally with P3 & P4 divisional unions under NFPE.
Dear comrades, the time is very
short. Unless we act swiftly and seriously, we cannot achieve our task. We
require immediate formation of branches before the reverification is ordered.
With my folded hands, I am
appealing all the GDS comrades of the entire Nation to come and join AIPEU-GDS
(NFPE) and strengthen the joint functioning of our Union for the Departmentalization and emancipation of GDS.
With fraternal
greetings,
Comradely yours,
(P. Pandurangarao)
General Secretary
